Exam 1: Information Systems in Business

____________ is an executive-level position that involves high-level strategic planning and management of information systems pertaining to the creation, storage, and use of information by a business.

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Question 21

_______ in the Five Forces Model is high when it is easy for new competitors to enter a market and low when there are significant entry barriers to entering a market.

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Question 22

Three key resources-people, processes, and information systems, (in that order of priority)-are inextricably linked. If one fails, they all fail.

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Question 23

It is the responsibility of the CIO to ensure effective communications between business and IS personnel.

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Question 24

Describe and compare buyer power and supplier power in Porter's Five Forces Model. Also, explain how an organization can manipulate buyer power and supplier power.

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Question 25

Broad functions of a CIO include all of the following, except:

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Question 26

Who is responsible for ensuring the ethical and legal use of information within an organization?

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Question 27

Which of the following is not one of Porter's Five Forces?

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Question 28

Which one of the following is a support value activity?

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Question 29

Information systems are implemented to support a company's competitive business ______________________.

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Question 30

____________ information systems is the function that plans for, develops implements, and maintains IT hardware, software, and applications that people use to support the goals of an organization.

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Question 31

Which of the following forces is commonly reduced through the use of a loyalty program?

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Question 32

Which of the following represents buyer power in Porter's Five Forces Model?

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Question 33

Discuss what is meant by the term "business-driven information systems."

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Question 34

Environmental scanning is the acquisition and analysis of events and trends in the environment _________ to an organization.

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Question 35

What is a competitive advantage?

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Question 36

Which of the following companies uses the focused cost leadership strategy?

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Question 37

Supplier power is high when buyers have ________ choices to buy from and low when their choices are many.

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Question 38

Explain the relationship among people, processes, information systems, and information.

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Question 39

____________ costs are costs that can make customers reluctant to switch to another product or service.

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____________ is an executive-level position that involves high-level strategic planning and management of information systems pertaining to the creation, storage, and use of information by a business.

_______ in the Five Forces Model is high when it is easy for new competitors to enter a market and low when there are significant entry barriers to entering a market.

Three key resources-people, processes, and information systems, (in that order of priority)-are inextricably linked. If one fails, they all fail.

It is the responsibility of the CIO to ensure effective communications between business and IS personnel.

Describe and compare buyer power and supplier power in Porter's Five Forces Model. Also, explain how an organization can manipulate buyer power and supplier power.

Broad functions of a CIO include all of the following, except:

Who is responsible for ensuring the ethical and legal use of information within an organization?

Which of the following is not one of Porter's Five Forces?

Which one of the following is a support value activity?

Information systems are implemented to support a company's competitive business ______________________.

____________ information systems is the function that plans for, develops implements, and maintains IT hardware, software, and applications that people use to support the goals of an organization.

Which of the following forces is commonly reduced through the use of a loyalty program?

Which of the following represents buyer power in Porter's Five Forces Model?

Discuss what is meant by the term "business-driven information systems."

Environmental scanning is the acquisition and analysis of events and trends in the environment _________ to an organization.

What is a competitive advantage?

Which of the following companies uses the focused cost leadership strategy?

Supplier power is high when buyers have ________ choices to buy from and low when their choices are many.

Explain the relationship among people, processes, information systems, and information.

____________ costs are costs that can make customers reluctant to switch to another product or service.

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It Architectures

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Customer Relationship Management

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